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Yumi i malarz koszmarów by Brandon Sanderson

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noodle521's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book reminded me why I love reading: that books have the ability to whisk us away into another world and into an adventure. Yumi, Painter, all of the characters, and their world felt so fully developed. Sanderson is a master. Bravo!

bkrieble's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bookworm_ayz's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

pandaorb's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

daumari's review against another edition

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5.0

I really, really liked this (with the slight caveat of occasional Cosmere references that I think might confuse new readers, or at least those who haven't read

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Stormlight Archive

). Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is a dreamy, Your Nameesque fantasy tale of body switching and musing on what exactly is art, where in one world machines threaten to take over traditional spirit calling and in the other, our titular Painter finds himself falling into a rut.

Late act twists were pretty surprising, and it works itself out in the end. I can't wait for the physical version of this- the illustrations were gorgeous zooming in on ebook, but in print is going to be beautiful.

The narrator here seemed a bit more obtrusive than in [b:Tress of the Emerald Sea|60531406|Tress of the Emerald Sea (The Cosmere)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1672574587l/60531406._SY75_.jpg|95396305], but I think that's because he's a little more involved there than here.